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Volvo Announces Intent to Sell Direct to Customers

Written by BSM on March 25, 2021. Posted in 2021, Newsbrief, Newsletter.

Under the guise of providing convenience to customers, Volvo has recently announced that it intends to offer retail customers the option of purchasing vehicles directly from Volvo at a non-negotiable, fixed price. Interaction with the retail customer has traditionally been solely within the...

Active Legislative Year for Dealer Associations

Written by BSM on March 25, 2021. Posted in 2021, Newsbrief, Newsletter.

BSM is assisting dealer associations representing nine (9) states with franchise law issues during their 2021 Legislative sessions. In some of those states the non-franchised direct selling OEMs (i.e. Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, et al.) have filed bills seeking to open the states to an unlimited number...

Advertising Can Skew Expectations

Written by BSM on March 25, 2021. Posted in 2021, Operations.

By Nicholas A. Bader Telling you that advertising drives sales is stating the obvious. But, why then is the comparative advertising of the various line-makes not taken into consideration as the factories evaluate the expected sales of car dealers? This is important as courts and state dealer...

Final Rule: Independent Contract Status under the Fair labor Standards Act

Written by BSM on March 25, 2021. Posted in 2021, Compliance, Newsletter.

By Richard Sox & Andrew Thomas On January 6, 2021, the Department of Labor (“Department”) announced a final rule revising and clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The effective date of the final rule is March 8, 2021. The...

Allocation – Good Habits for Voicing Your Allocation Concerns to the OEM

Written by BSM on March 25, 2021. Posted in 2021, Franchise News, Newsletter.

By Micah A. Andrews Nearly all dealers can relate to the frustration of going through extended periods receiving an insufficient allocation of new motor vehicles by their OEM. This includes both an overall decrease in the amount of product as well as times where allocation lacks vehicles...

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